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1
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Grimes - Art Angels
November 6, 2015
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Score
100
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2
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Cult Leader - Lightless Walk
October 16, 2015
Mathcore
,
Sludge Metal
Score
100
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3
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Citizen - Everybody Is Going to Heaven
June 23, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Emo
Score
100
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4
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
100
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5
.
Cœur de Pirate - Roses
August 28, 2015
Indie Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
French Pop
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
6
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Fuck The Facts - Desire Will Rot
August 25, 2015
Grindcore
,
Mathcore
,
Metal
Score
90
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Amazon
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7
.
Lee Harvey Osmond - Beautiful Scars
March 25, 2015
Score
90
Source →
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8
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Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction
August 7, 2015
Grindcore
,
Deathgrind
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Pentimento - I, No Longer
October 23, 2015
Score
90
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10
.
Cui Jian - Frozen Light
December 25, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
11
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Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
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12
.
Dave Rawlings Machine - Nashville Obsolete
September 18, 2015
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Lakes Of Canada - Transgressions
October 16, 2015
Score
90
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Amazon
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14
.
Baroness - Purple
December 18, 2015
Stoner Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Chris Stapleton - Traveller
May 5, 2015
Americana
,
Contemporary Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Goldmund - Sometimes
November 13, 2015
Ambient
,
Modern Classical
Score
90
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Music
Spotify
17
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Dragged Into Sunlight / Gnaw Their Tongues - N.V.
November 13, 2015
Black Metal
,
Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
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Music
Spotify
18
.
Daniel Caesar - Pilgrim's Paradise
November 12, 2015
Contemporary R&B
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
We Are The City - Above Club
November 13, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
20
.
Cool Uncle - Cool Uncle
November 13, 2015
Contemporary R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
21
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Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
November 13, 2015
Post-Industrial
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
90
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Spotify
22
.
Young Galaxy - Falsework
October 30, 2015
Synthpop
,
Indietronica
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Sports - All of Something
October 30, 2015
Shoegaze
,
Noise Pop
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
VHÖL - Deeper Than Sky
October 23, 2015
Heavy Metal
,
Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Killing Joke - Pylon
October 23, 2015
Industrial Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Exclaim! awarded albums throughout 2015.
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